esganar
/iʒ.ɡɐ.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“esganar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,126 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,126
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - impedir a respiração, por apertar a garganta exteriormente, afogar, estrangular
Corpus desk
Index PT-esganar · esganar · Portuguese
esganar · rank #77,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,126
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espertalhão
Nearest frequency peer: espertalhão (+4 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “esganar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- emplastro
emplastro
22,896 corpus weight
- enraizar
enraizar
22,888 corpus weight
- esganar
esganar
22,875 corpus weight
- espertalhão
espertalhão
22,871 corpus weight
- estivador
estivador
22,865 corpus weight
- estruturante
estruturante
22,862 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “esganar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esganar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /iʒ.ɡɐ.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esganar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esganar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,126 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /iʒ.ɡɐ.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "impedir a respiração, por apertar a garganta exteriormente, afogar, estrangular".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for esganar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is esganar, spelled E-S-G-A-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1impedir a respiração, por apertar a garganta exteriormente, afogar, estrangular
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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